Qutba ibn Amir ibn Hadida

قطبة بن عامر بن حديدة

A Khazraji companion — one of the six Ansar who first met the Prophet ﷺ at al-Aqaba and among its twelve nuqaba' — who witnessed Badr, and in Safar 9 AH commanded the twenty-man raid against a Khath'am clan near Tabala.

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Era
The Prophetic Era
Region
Arabia
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BattlesSkirmishes, raids and expeditions

Place in the story

Sunni (transmitted)

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Summary

Qutba ibn Amir ibn Hadida (may God be pleased with him) al-Ansari al-Khazraji; one of the six Khazraj who met the Prophet at the first Aqaba meeting, and one of its twelve deputies — he witnessed Badr and the pledges 1.

The Kha'tham detachment

In Safar of year 9 AH the Prophet placed him over a detachment of twenty men on ten camels they rode in turns, to a tribe of Kha'tham in the region of Tabala; he launched the raid, they fought a hard fight, and the Muslims drove off the cattle, women and sheep to Medina 1.

For young visitors

Qutba was among the first of Medina's people to believe in the Prophet at Aqaba before the hijra; he witnessed Badr and later led a detachment in the south of the Peninsula.

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The Ansar
Participated in
Qutba ibn Amir's raid on Khath'am· First encounter with the six Ansar at al-Aqaba· Six men of Yathrib embrace Islam at Mina

People and things also explored

Awf ibn al-Harith (Ibn Afra')· The Prophetic Era· As'ad ibn Zurara· Muhammad· Rafi' ibn Malik ibn al-Ajlan· The Ansar· Jabir ibn Abdullah· First encounter with the six Ansar at al-Aqaba

Sources

  1. al-Raheeq al-Makhtum — Safi al-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri , p. 426
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Awf ibn al-Harith (Ibn Afra')

He is Awf ibn Afra', brother of Mu'adh and Mu'awwidh, of Banu al-Najjar; he was at Badr and asked the Prophet that day what makes the Lord laugh at His servant, and he answered that it is to see him plunge his hand into the fight without armour, so he took off his armour, went forward and fought until he was killed as a martyr.